Egg-poacher



(No Model.) W. H. LITTLETON.

EGG POAGHER; A No. 399,422. Patented Mar. l2, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM I-I. LITTLETON, OF CLAYTON, INIICIIIGAN.

EGG-POACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,422, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed March 23, 1888. Serial No. 268,221. (No model.)

To all LU/tom it' muy concer/t:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. LI'r'rLE'roN, of Clayton, in the countyof Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and ImprovedEgg-Poacher, of which the following is a specification, reference being4had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in I The object ofmy invention is to provide a simple and effective device for poachingeggs and placing them unbroken upon a platter.

The invention will first be described and then specifically claimed.

The body A of Iny improved egg-poacheris formed of an impertorate back,(l, and ends b, a perforated side, c, and transverse partitions d. Thepoacher is preferably made of sheet-tin, and the lower edges of the tinare bent inwardly, forming a support for the sliding bottoni B, which isadapted to close all of the compartments of the poacher.

a lip, e', projecting inwardly and adapted to remove the egg from thebottom B as the said bottom is drawn out.

For convenience in inserting' and withdrawl The lower 1 edge of theperforated side c is provided with g the upper face of said bottom,whereby the as the water an egg is broken and dropped into eachcompartment, and after the eggs are sufciently cooked the poacher islifted out of the water and the water is allowed to drain from the eggsthrough the perforated side c. The poacher is now held over a suitablereceptacle and the bottom withdrawn. The scraper or clearer lip c',extending at an incline from the lower edge of the side c to the upperface of the bottom, loosens the eggs therefrom as it is slid outwardlyand prevents the bottom from carrying the eggs against the perpendicularside c, which would almost invariably cause the eggs to be broken; butthe inwardly-extendin g clearing or scraping lip c eliectually preventsthis.

Having thus describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby LettersPatentl. In an egg-poacher, the combination,with the body A,formed of the imperforate back a, imperforate ends o, the perforatedside c, and the inwardly-projecting clearing-lip c', of the removablebottom B, having its upper face adjacent to the clearing-lip c',substantially as specified.

Q, An egg-poacher having a sliding bottom and a transverse scraping-lipextending inwardly from the lower edge of that side of the poacher underwhich the bottom slides to egg will be loosened from the bottom as it iswithdrawn, substantially as set forth.

3. An egg-poacher consisting of an oblong frame having a sliding bottomcompletely closing its lower end, and imperforate parti' tions extendingtransverselyacross said body and upper face ot' the sliding bottom, oneside of the body being foraminated, substantially as set forth.

\\'ILLIAM ll. Ll'lTLE'lON.

GEO. W. LI'ITLE'roN, R. W. CLEvELAND.

